Does reading Digg.com every day ruin Diggnation? [poll]

[djsjr]

I've found myself getting more and more into Digg everyday, and when an episode finally comes out and shows a story I've already read, I'm sorta bummed out that I already read about it before, although I do love when Alex and Kevin give their opinions.

Just wondering if you guys have this problem.



ps: the "I don't mind it" should be "Sorta does and does not" sorry :/

[masterq]

The show is the funny conversation and resulting tangents, not the stories themselves.

[tokenuser]

I gave up on Digg a long time ago (and I was an early adopter - pre-release, Dec '04 - the idea f "burying" a story was mine ;) ). It ceased being useful to me when the "power diggers" started gaming the system to boost stories they submitted from stuff they found on reddit, and the comments started to read like a cross between /. and 4chan.

The calibre of the stories on DN slipped as the quality of the stories being promoted on Digg was destroyed. DN was a victim of Diggs success in this respect.

Since I stopped actively reading Digg (I still visit occassionally) I started to enjoy DN more.

As masterq said "The show is the funny conversation and resulting tangents, not the stories themselves."

[jsc315]

I dont use digg all that much so its not a big deal. But when I was more active on there I did find it annoying that some of the stories were 2-3 weeks old at time.

I don't take the show all that serious and just have fun with what they present and go with it. I mean its just entertainment.

[ariastar]

It ceased being useful to me when the "power diggers" started gaming the system to boost stories they submitted from stuff they found on reddit...

My thought too. Part of the fun was in submitting stories and having a chance at front-paging. But then power-diggers took over and dugg each other's stories to the frontpage, and now both the fun and the quality are gone and the only reason to read Digg is to be entertained by the comments. But even that is maybe a weekly activity now.

I never watched the show as a source of news, but rather for the tangents.

[masterq]

I used to read digg numerous times everyday to keep up with the tech news, but after the spread into mainstream topics it became nothing more than a place to find stupid shit to entertain myself for a few minutes. It ceased to be something that I used as a tool and became something that I used as a toy. Toys get old quickly while tools stay useful for quite a while, something that I think digg is starting to now realize which is why they are trying a different approach with digg 4.

I think diggnation definitely suffered from the digg transformation. It used to be a show about tech stories, because that is what was on digg. The podcast was (maybe still is) listed in the Technology category on iTunes and other places. This is one of the main things that attracted me to the show originally. Since digg's turn from mostly tech stories to mostly mainstream garbage, diggnation became a show based off of mostly mainstream garbage. It wasn't the show's fault, it was digg's.

[ariastar]

I used to read digg numerous times everyday to keep up with the tech news, but after the spread into mainstream topics it became nothing more than a place to find stupid shit to entertain myself for a few minutes.

Toward the end of Digg being tech-focused, there was an article about sex, and I commented, "What is an article like this doing on Digg?" I ended up in the hole with a rating of -499 for that. And now a lot of people are complaining about the trash that's overrun Digg.

I wish the power-diggers would have the weight of their votes demoted because they run the site these days, and it's a lot of random, pointless boring crap and Reddit-reposts that are driving a lot of viewers to go elsewhere. The upcoming stories that have no chance of front-paging are far more interesting that the power-dugg frontpage stories.

[smack300]

Its only annoying when you read a story on digg then three weeks later they talk about it on diggnation. Doesn't happen to often but it does every once in a while.

[masterq]

Its only annoying when you read a story on digg then three weeks later they talk about it on diggnation. Doesn't happen to often but it does every once in a while.

whats even more annoying than that is when they have the same videos as the digg reel

[metallicnitro]

No, most of the stories they pick are stories I usually don't read or I missed.

AriaStar, I think I remember reading a comment like that... I'm sure there are users there who still have a grudge because of that.

Also, wasn't there suppose to be an adjustment in the algorithm or something to let more people get on the front page? I'd like it if the "social" aspect of the site was reduced or eliminated. Unfortunately I think it is too late to "fix" the site. People game the system and it is unfortunate that some true gems go unseen because users like mklopez, badwithcomputer or mrbabyman can have the first few pages to themselves (although it isn't as bad as it once was)

I was lucky enough to get four submissions to the front page and I felt proud :D.

[djsjr]

Its only annoying when you read a story on digg then three weeks later they talk about it on diggnation. Doesn't happen to often but it does every once in a while.
I agree with this

[godmode]

Nah, by the time Diggnation talks about it it's a month old, so i've already forgotten.

[klitzy]

No but reading reddit every day ruins digg :) Hehehe. JK digg.

[jollyspace]

I don't even read Digg. I'm a redditor. But I still watch Diggnation.

[brian123]

I find it enhances the experience. They don't usually read through the entire stories anyway. So you kinda get a head up about waht they're talking about.

[cham]

I dont mind because mostly the stories that are on the show are sometimes so new that I didnt see them on digg.com

[dirtyhat]

I started watching diggnation when the episode numbers were still single digits... I didn't even think to check out digg.com until episode 150ish... I liked having the bliss of every story they covered being a new story, but it really doesn't bother me now that I read a story and then they cover it. But that doesnt happen too often since I'm not constantly on digg.

[tokenuser]

I dont mind because mostly the stories that are on the show are sometimes so new that I didnt see them on digg.com

Are we watching the same show?
Are you reading the same same digg?